Sales-book cover.



No. 781,725. PATENTED FEB. 7, 1905. B. E. JONES & P. M. PENN.

SALES BOOK COVER.

APILIOATION FILED man. 26.1902.

UNITED STATES Patented February '7, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

BERT E. JONES AND FRANK H. PENN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SALES-BOOK COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,725, dated February '7, 1905.

Application filed February 26,1902. Serial No. 95,674-

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Be it known that we, BERT E. JoNEs and FRANK M. PENN, citizens of the United States of America, and residents of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sales- Book (lovers, of which the following is a specilication.

Our invention relates to sales-book covers, and has for its object improvement in such devices, and more particularly in the mechanism for holding and raising the carbon-sheets used with sales-books.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of our cover, showing asales-book in position and a carbon-sheet supported over the leaves of the book. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1, showing part of the leaves of the sales-book turned back; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the cover itself, partly broken away, with the carbon-sheet in a raised position.

In the said drawings, A is a metallic plate to the front face of which is secured a cardboard lining C and to the back of which is a similar cardboard D. A leather covering E, which incloses the plate A and the two cardboards (.3 and D, gives a finished appearance to the cover and makes it into a suitable holder for the book B. Pivoted to the cover formed by the union of the flat pieces A, D, and C and the covering E is a bail H, which extends across the inside face of the cover and holds the book B in place. The upper edge of the board C is not covered, but is left open and provides a pocket into which is inserted a lip of cardboard B, which is bound to the book B and furnishes an additional means of bolding the book and cover together.

In the plate A are pressed two grooves A and A arranged at right angles to each other and in which are located rods F and G. The rod Fat the point when it emerges from the cover is bent into the form of a crank F, which normally projects upward and slightly inward. Beyond the crank F the rod is marked F and extends parallel with the edge of the cover and slightly above the back part. Near the upper part of the book-holding part of the cover the rod F bends at a right angle and extends across the leaves of the book B. Secured to F and also extending across the book B is a clamping device F, by means of which a carbon-sheet S is secured to One end of the rod G is connected to the crank F, and the other end terminates in a coiled head or pushbutton G at the opposite edge of the cover. Under the head or push-button G is a spring G which acts to press the rod G toward the right, and consequently to cause said rod to pull on the crank F, so as to hold the rod F and the carbon-sheet S in place on the leaves of the book B. \Vhen the head Ur is pressed, it acts upon the crank F to turn the rod F in its bearings, and consequently to lift the extension F upward and sidewise, so as to throw the carbon-sheet S clear of the leaves of the book B.

The head (ir is so located that when the cover is held in the left hand the said head will come under one of the fingers of that hand and will be in a convenient place to be pressed for the purpose of raising the carbon-sheet. The rod (Jr runs diagonally across the cover, so that the crank F is located near or a little above the center of the length of that part of the cover composed of the pieces A, O, and D. By this means the part F is comparatively short.

In using the cover a properly-bound sales book B is inserted under the bail H, with the lip or tongue B under the upper edge of the board orplate C. In the most convenientway of handlingthe leaves are turned back and writing begins, with the carbon-sheet over the last sheet of the book and the next to the last sheet over the carbon-sheet. During this process the leaves of the book are held back by the thumb of the left hand in the position shown at B in Fig. 2. l/Vhen the leaf written on is full, an additional leaf is released from the turnedback leaves and permitted to fall upon the leaf written upon. In this position the head Ur is pressed when the carbon-sheet is thrown up and outward to the side. In rising the carbon-sheet (or rather the bar F and clamping device F raises the two leaves on top of it; but as it passes outward to the side of the cover it clears the leaves which were over it, whereupon these leaves fall downward upon the leaves below. A release of the head G then permits the spring G to return the carhon-sheet to its original position, when a second leaf is permitted to fall upon the carbonsheet. This process is repeated until the book is full, When it is removed and another substituted.

It Will be observed that the only external operating parts are the head or button G on one side of the cover and the rod or carbonsheet raising lever F on the other side. All other parts are concealed Within the cover itself and consist solely of a sliding and rotating bar or rod, together With a spring for holding them in their normal position. The extending part of the covering E is stiffened by a suitable board E Which may be folded over the book B and the carbon-sheet S.

What We claim is- 1. The combination With a sales-book cover, of a rod having one portion extending diagonally Within the cover and another portion exterior to said cover and normally lying parallel to one edge thereof, a carbon-sheet supported by the exterior portion so as to be normally held over the face of said cover, a crank formed on said rod at the junction of the interior and exterior portions, and means for operating said crank so as to raise said carbon-sheet.

2. The combination With a sales-book cover, of a device located at one edge of said cover and arranged to hold a carbon-sheet over the face of the leaves of a sales-book supported in said cover, a push-button located at the opposite edge of said cover, and connections extending through said cover from said pushbutton to said device for moving it so as to raise the carbon-sheet held thereby.

3. The combination with a cover for a salesbook, of a carbon-sheet holder, a crank connected to said holder, a push-button, and aconnection from said crank to said push-button.

4:. The combination With a sales-book cover, of a device for supporting a carbon-sheet, and a connection extending through said cover for raising said device.

5. The combination with a sales-book cover, of a rod pivoted at one side of said cover and arranged to support a carbon-sheet over the leaves of a sales-book held in said cover, a push-button located at the opposite side of the cover, and a second rod concealed Within said cover and extending diagonally from the push-button on one side to the first-mentioned rod on the other side.

6. The combination With a sales-book cover, of a carbon-sheet device consisting of a pivoted rod and a sliding rod having one end connected to said pivoted rod and the other end provided With a push-button, substantially as described.

7 A cover for holding a sales-book, a carbon-sheet holder pivoted to said cover, a crank on said carbon-sheet holder adjacent to its pivot, a push-button supported by said cover, and a connection from said push-button to said crank.

8. The combination With a sales-book cover, of arod having one portion pivoted in a diagonal direction Within said cover and another portion exterior to said cover and normally lying parallel to its edge, a carbon-sheet supported by said exterior portion over the face of said cover, and means for turning said rod on its pivot.

9. The combination With asales-book cover, of a rod having one portion pivoted in a diagonal direction Within said cover and another portion exterior to said cover and normally lying parallel to one edge thereof, a crank formed on said rod at the junction of its interior and exterior portions, a push-button located at the opposite edge of said cover, and a connection extending from said crank to said push-button.

10. The combination with a sales-book cover, of a carbon-sheet holder, a push-button and connections for lifting said holder,and a spring for returning said holder to its normal position.

11. The combination With a sales-book cover, of acarbon-sheet holder provided With a crank and pivoted in a diagonal direction at one edge of said cover, a push-button located at the opposite edge of said cover, and a rod extending diagonally from said push-button to the crank on said carbon-sheet holder.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 18th day of February, 1902.

BERT E. JONES. FRANK M. PENN. Witnesses:

WM. A. ROWLAND, C. L. REDFIELD. 

